One Waterfront Place | x | 12 floors | Dead

[MarkDaMan]

the sky bridge rendering on the website is freaking awesome! (under location)

[rsbear]

Originally Posted by Dougall5505

I, for one, don't like the design. it reminds me too much of this building near the waterfront (whats its name?)

from google streetview

I'm not sure it's current name, but when built in the early 1980's it was One Pacific Square. Originally planned as the shortest of four identically shaped buildings, the tallest was to be 26 floors, that together with the existing NW Natural Gas block and another block, would have covered a total of 5 1/2 blocks. The graphics of the time didn't compare with today, but the model of those buildings superimposed on a photo of downtown looked sooooo cool. Like a little space city unto itself. In the end it's better that we didn't end up with it, but for the time, and in my teen years, I thought the proposal the most exciting thing the city had ever seen. Remember, that was 1980 or so.

[pdx2m2]

Which design don't you like? The website seems to show different buildings...some are the old design one or two are newer although partial images.

[pdxman]

You're right^^Some renderings make it seem like it will be more like the eliot but others suggest it is more like the building dougall was talking about. Here's hoping its more like the eliot.

[BrG]

From the renderings on the website it looks like the exterior skin changed dramatically from the old design (to a much more uniform exterior skin), and the footprint stayed pretty much unchanged.

Although the old fly-by animation (showing the old design) is still used as the intro to the website.

[tworivers]

Yeah, the original exterior pattern of windows and panels is a big aspect of what drew me so much to the building in the first place. Part of me is hoping that the new renderings, which have that surprisingly uniform and standard-issue-office-building looking skin, are included more for massing than anything else...

The bridge looks cool, though. Can't wait for that.

[MarkDaMan]

the rendering on the DJC article IS really awful. It looks squat and blocky. However, I too hope that the building itself will look more innovative.

[Sioux612]

[Dougall5505]

I like how they only did renderings of the skinny side and we won't see how beefy it will look from naito parkway

[pdx2m2]

I noticed that the website now has the current design in the animated fly-through.

[MarkDaMan]

I wonder if Waterfront Pearl will still have the green siding exposed when this tower is finally up and running, as depicted in the rendering

So, does the economy slow down enough to have this project stalled again? Or is the Pearl market strong enough to get this thing financed?

[MOPIdaho]

oops

[Sioux612]

[WonderlandPark]

aargh, what a waste. That view could be an anonymous glass office tower in Schaumburg IL, Silver Spring MD or Irvine CA. Trapezoid, cover in reflective glass, rinse, repeat. Hardly worthy of the waterfront. I liked the original proposal, but I guess they had to value engineer the crap out of the original and what we get is anonymous anywhere suburban USA midrise bleh. Sorry, I have been a big BOORA fan for years, but this thing is BOORING.

[tworivers]

Yeah, I really, really liked the original plans for the skin. Disappointing.

[zilfondel]

It's really not that bad for 1980.

[MarkDaMan]

I don't want to get canned so if this post comes to haunt me, I will remove it.

I came across renderings of One Waterfront Place never released or seen here...with my employers name on the side of the building. And damn, they were some SEXY renderings! I mean it looked like an F'in GORGEOUS building. I do know my employer explores possibilities in the market when our lease comes up, and that will be in a few years, but I didn't expect to see that!

[tworivers]

^^ That has to be exciting.

Do we have any word at this point about the current status of this project? Is a June groundbreaking still a possibility??

[tworivers]

Hmmm.
Lookin' pretty good.

[pdx2m2]

Groundbreaking won't be in june although hope to see it by late summer.

The project goes to the Design Commission June 19.